On this week's episode of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids and Chris are finally reconnect after an incredible summer, catching up on everything from Pete's Club World Cup adventure in America to the excitement of another Premier League season just around the corner.
Pete reflects on receiving his long-awaited England cap from Harry Kane, what it was like travelling across the United States, meeting LeBron James, and reveals his plans to take his family to watch Liverpool face Wrexham at the Yankee’s Stadium before heading home.
With pre-season now underway across football, the lads dive into what really happens when players report back for day one. From dreaded body fat tests and bleep tests to Tony Pulis' infamous training camps, army boot camps, endless bike rides and the stories every footballer has from surviving the toughest week of the year, they reveal why pre-season is both feared and respected inside the game.
Chris also finds out that his long-awaited Paddy Power comedy forfeit is finally happening, while the boys discuss future podcast challenges, listener ideas for the new season, and somehow end up debating whether your back can actually be fit.
As always, expect plenty of football stories, ridiculous tangents and laughs as the countdown to the new season officially begins.
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00:00 - Chris returns as the boys reunite after the summer
02:10 - Looking back on the Club World Cup adventure
03:31 - Pete's surreal experience working around England
04:34 - Receiving his England cap from Harry Kane
06:03 - The emotions of it all
08:04 - The awkward reunion with an old childhood friend
10:31 - Crouchy gets evicted from the yoga room mid-podcast
12:08 - Recording from America and life on the road
14:03 - Liverpool vs Wrexham at Yankee Stadium
15:31 - Meeting LeBron James in Los Angeles?
16:50 - New season housekeeping begins
17:12 - Chris Stark's comedy forfeit is finally happening
19:00 - Blossoms invite the podcast back on stage
20:44 - Could Sids replace De Bruyne’s famous passes?
22:42 - The art of the perfect daisy-cutter
23:52 - First day of pre-season nerves
25:08 - Putting Chris through a real football fitness test
26:14 - Fat tests, body fat and \"back fitness\"
28:09 - Would Chris survive Championship pre-season?
30:06 - Tony Pulis' brutal training camps explained
32:10 - Why pre-season leaves players completely broken
34:16 - The hardest training camps of Pete's career
35:52 - The player who cheated pre-season... with a taxi
38:08 - Bleep tests and why footballers never go full effort
40:05 - The endless medical tests before every season
41:05 - Big plans and listener ideas for the new season
42:45 - Rating listeners' backs and wrapping up
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